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Wolfowitz Reportedly Back on the Market

Ex-World Bank president has lost both job and girlfriend

New York Post New York Post May 23, 07 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - First the World Bank dumped him, and now Paul Wolfowitz is on the outs with girlfriend Shaha Riza, Page Six reports. "She was furious about the embarrassment," a source tells the Post , which says she resented implications she'd slept her way to the top. What's more, Riza didn't ask for the promotion that set off the scandal, another source said. More »

More about:  scandals • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • break-up • Shaha Riza

Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank

White House yields; speculation on successor already lively

Financial Times (UK) Financial Times (UK) May 17, 07 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz will leave the World Bank on June 30, capping a tumultuous two years for the development institution and its beleaguered president. Wolfowitz's tenure was marked by controversy from day one, when he assumed the office under the cloud of the Iraq war, until today, when a drawn-out ethics scandal finally drove him from office. More »

More about:  Iraq war • scandals • ethics • resignation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

Wolfowitz Headed
Out the Door

World Bank board negotiating terms
of president's exit

CNN CNN May 16, 07 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz may step down from the World Bank as early as today, CNNMoney reports.  Wolfowitz and the World Bank board are still wrangling over the terms of his departure, but early accounts suggest that the beleaguered president would leave voluntarily and the bank would admit some responsibility for the handling of a transfer and hefty raise awarded to Wolfowitz's girlfriend. More »

More about:  Iraq war • scandals • resignation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

Wolfowitz Blames Ethics Panel and Riza for His Woes

Calls her 'intractable' and 'extremely angry'

Washington Post Washington Post May 15, 07 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz fought back aggressively in a written response to the charges that he mishandled a raise and promotion for his girlfriend, the Washington Post reports. The embattled World Bank president claims the ethics committee forced him to handle the transfer himself because Shaha Riza was "extremely angry and upset," and so "intractable" that members feared a lawsuit. More »

More about:  scandals • ethics • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

Bank Probe Slams Wolfowitz

Financial Times (UK) Financial Times (UK) May 15, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke the bank's code of ethics, three bank rules and the terms of his own contract when he ordered pay raises and promotions for his girlfriend, a panel investigating his role concluded. The Financial Times details the withering report, which says Wolfowitz displayed "questionable judgment and a preoccupation with self-interest.” More »

More about:  scandals • ethics • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

No-Confidence Vote Looms
For Wolfowitz

Endgame near as majority of bank board favors dismissal

Washington Post Washington Post May 12, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Bank executive board plans to force Paul Wolfowitz out of his post as president this week, reports The Washington Post; they're hoping a vote of no-confidence will induce him to resign without having to risk angering the U.S. by firing him. More »

More about:  scandals • resignation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza • Neocon

World Bank Fallout Runs Downhill

Longtime Wolfowitz aide steps down,
citing Rizagate

Associated Press Associated Press May 7, 07 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Paul Wolfowitz adviser—and Bush administration loyalist—has announced his resignation from the World Bank, citing the fallout from the Shaha Riza scandal. Kevin Kellems, who met Wolfowitz when both were at the Pentagon, says he cannot be "effective" in the wake of accusations that the bank president inappropriately secured a position for his girlfriend. More »

More about:  media • scandals • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

Wolfowitz Hints at Resignation

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal May 1, 07 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Besieged World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz suggested for the first time that he would resign his post—but only if he is first cleared of wrongdoing in ordering promotions and pay raises for his girlfriend Shaha Riza, reports the Wall Street Journal . A committee of the bank's board, investigating the charges, heard from Wolfowitz and Riza yesterday. More »

More about:  business • scandals • investigation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

Wolfowitz Hires Clinton Lawyer

Bennett comes to neocon's aid as former World Bank staff call
for resignation

Washington Post Washington Post Apr 24, 07 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz has hired Robert Bennett, Bill Clinton's counsel during the Paula Jones affair, to guide the besieged World Bank president through his own budding scandal. Bennett immediately dismissed talk of Wolfie's resignation, even after dozens of former staffers placed an ad in the Financial Times calling on him to quit. More »

More about:  scandals • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza • Neocon

Hitchens: Lay Off Wolfie!


Slate Slate Apr 19, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unflappable contrarian Chris Hitchens casts a sympathetic eye at beset World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz. Cries for Wolfowitz's resignation have crescendoed since revelations that he had a hand in getting his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, a big promotion at the poverty-fighting organization last year. More »

More about:  scandals • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza • Christopher Hitchens • Neocon

Wolves Circle Wolfowitz

Neocon World Bank president says he
won't resign

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 16, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is hanging tough in the face of a crescendo of calls for his resignation after improperly promoting the interests of his live-in girlfriend. In a weekend of maneuvering, the bank's development committee offered no shelter, issuing a vague but harsh statement that the organization" adhere to a high standard of internal governance." More »

More about:  Iraq war • scandals • bank • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Shaha Riza

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